The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1887-07-23
AN ESSAY ON DOGS.


New York fer the dog industry.
The great dog festival and canine
congress Of short and long distance
dogs. game dogs. society dogs, wild,
| woolly and weird dogs. early, smooth.
| American hairless dogs. Rembrandt
dogs. low-browed and base dogs, with
strong love for home and an over
mastering desire 10 partake OF people
with whom they are not acquainted;
intellectual dogs with lop ears. early
dwarf dogs, plain dogs for poor peo-
| pie, self-made but earnest dogs within
the reach of all. dogs with singular
| good qualities and plural bad ones. all
this mighty aggregation OF what the
Interstate Commission might be par
doned for calling the long howl and
the short howl, has been in session.
IL has served 10 call our attention 10
the dogs that cluster about our own
doors 1.-The dogs, the dogs. the dear
little dogs with whom we are thrown
in contact.
Some dogs are priced for their beau
~, others for their afiectionate dispo-
sition and clinging natures, while
others are much sought for on account
of their social qualities. which endear
them TO all while they live. and east a
large. wide gloom over the circle OF
friends in which they moved. when
ut last they die. as is too often the lot
| of all.
But the object Of this treatise Is not
so much To enter into the great his
tory, derivation. and diagnosis of the
dog, as IL is To point out the great dan
ger which lies at our door, IN case we
allow the dog TO become our master.
No stranger can walk the streets of
New York and see the large number OF
otherwise exemplary young men who
are being mislcd by dogs 10 whom they
are attached. without feeling keen
pang of regret and apprehension.
IL is with view towards the eman-
cipation and amelioration of this
class of young men that | write to-
day.
/ was once a young man myself.
know what il Is to be tempted and al.
iured BY the false joys which extend
their smooth and seductive yet power
ful and unrelenting arms into the most
frequented walks of life. only ut last
10 seize us and hurl Us over the barbcd-
wire fence which divides the narrow
and lonesome paths of rectitude from
the over-crowded and 0ver-fed past
ures OF remorse. But am not here To
state how | have eyaded all these
things and TO hope that these few lines
will find you enjoying the same great
blessing. but to warn the young men
Of New York In stentorian tones of
their danger.
Let me say IL in italics;
Young man, before you place your
selt ia charge Of a dog, try TO ascertain
his true nature and native tendencies.
In case there is room To spare,
wish the printer would make the above
statement i'm small caps and also in
large black-faced caps where il will
attract attention.
Nothing is more gratifying than the
sight of cute little mackerel Skye
terrier with black clammy nose.
having fun with a sensitive, clinging
young man weighing two hundred
pounds.
enjoy seeing dapper little pop
corn-ball dog, with deep set. sinister
eyes, taking its master out for an air.
ing in the clear, crisp morning. aud |
like 10 watch the young mans ill-con-
cealed Joy AS he scampers along be-
hind carrying his nine-pound horizon
tai cane and dummy gloves In his lily.
white hand. But IL would be well To
know the motives, the tendencies, and
the aims Of such dog!
| speak Of this matter just as would
IL my own son had attained an age of
thirty or forty years and was Just bud
ding into manhood. | could not, q.
indeed could not intrust him TO the
care and guardianship of an unknown
and untried though perhaps alluring
dog
10 not rcproye the ladies' of New
York for taking hold OF small chain
to the other end OF which n small.
fluffy dog has attached himself.
Women can do such things. But man
is more yielding, more trusting in his
nature. and If he felt that he could
trust certain dog, that dog might
lead him anywhere.
do not know why men were made
SO week and trusting, but they are that
way and they cannot help IL. All they
want Is some one 10 love and follow
about and admire.
knew u young man once who came
to New York stranger, rs many peo>
pie are who were never here before.
He was totally unused To the ways Of
a large city and his head was turned
by the novelty which confronted him
on every hand. and before he knew IL
he had placed himself in the power Of
an insinuating metropolitan dog that
resembled "A lamp-chimncy cleaner in
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